not all passwords are sync'd between FF desktop and FF for Android
Categories
(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Android Sync, defect, P2)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: mstuff, Unassigned, NeedInfo)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Whiteboard: [bcs:p2])
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Comment 31•7 years ago
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Comment 32•6 years ago
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Hi, I tried to reproduce this issue but I wasn't able. I saved multiple passwords and delete some of them from desktop and make sync with some mobile devices and vice-versa but I can't reproduce the problem.
Builds:
- Nightly 68.0a1 (2019-03-27);
- Release 66.0.2;
Devices:
- Nexus 6 (Android 6.0.1);
- Nokia 6 (Android 7.1.1);
- Motorola Nexus 6 (Android 7.1.1);
- One Plus 5T (Android 9).
Morgan, can you retry with the latest version of Nightly/Release and see if you can reproduce the issue? Also, can you make a video with the issue to see your findings? I'll wait for your updates, thanks.
Comment 33•6 years ago
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@stefan.deiac@softvision.ro Did you set a master password? (It only happens when a master password is set.)
Comment 34•6 years ago
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- That's not true, last time I tried it also failed without a master password being set.
- Syncing all the passwords to a device and setting no master password is not what some people want.
Comment 35•6 years ago
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Hi, I tried also using the information from comment 33 using Nokia 6 (Android 7.1.1) and OnePlus 5T (Android 9) but I'm still not able to reproduce the problem.
Comment 36•6 years ago
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I mean it is really kind, someone looks into it. This is not your fault, but 5 years is a bit long.
How many passwords do you test? I have about 200+ on 3 desktop instances of Firefox (well, Waterfox to be honest, but this used to be compatible once, but didn't work with Firefox either. In case it has something to do with Firefox, which version should have helped?). The last mobile device that once synced, is my old Galaxy S4, but it then stopped years ago. 2 later devices of mine never really synced. Well, I had 2 passwords being synced on Lenovo Tab once in 2017, only 498 lost. My current 2018 phone did never sync any password: I just verified this a minute ago. I used to talk other people into Firefox (I stopped years ago), but I have never seen any success with syncs there (it could be the one or two passwords, not being the ones to be demonstrated, making the demo a fail).
And this does not resolve the master password problem of course. But this is probably a different bug.
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Comment 38•6 years ago
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Is there anything I can do to help? (Sorry, I'm not able to write code.)
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Comment 39•6 years ago
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Re Comment 30, I note the bug is still at P3...
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Comment 41•6 years ago
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WELL? What are we non-expert users to do?
My phone says it last synced 2 days ago, not today, and my Facebook password on my phone went MIA over the weekend. I had to set a new password on my phone, and now it isn't synced to my laptop. The password file on the phone doesn't SAY when the last use of each different password was, but it keeps all of the old ones.
I'm logged in and set to sync both devices, they are sitting side by side, "connected" yet there is no record of any sync occurring, and my new facebook password on my phone over the weekend did not appear on my laptop.
Comment 43•5 years ago
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Hey,
I do have the same problematic (Bug 1608564).
I tried meanwhile to reduce pw's, sort out old stuff, also the bookmarks, reduced the complexity and so on.
When I tried to syncronize between PC and Android, I got an error, that some chronic was shown under the PC, from android ones and I mainly can not syncronize pw between the devices completetly.
Whatever, it is a real mambo jambo.
I found also out that the syncronization has errors (147 error logs, 1228 in total - [shown with the plugin: "About Sync"])
Bc of the addon (About Sync) I can extract error-logs as textfiles, but I do not want it to do public, for safety reasons)
I got this hint from camp-firefox .de and pittyful they didn't checkout these error-synclogs until today (nor gave an progressive answer).
So I hope, this could be more usefull directly in the developer forum which is here.
If wanted, some admin or dev can write me a pm to gather my error log files as text.
regards
Comment 44•5 years ago
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(In reply to greg from comment #43)
If wanted, some admin or dev can write me a pm to gather my error log files as text.
Please feel free to send them to my email address. Note however that I'm about to travel for a 1.5 weeks (as are most Mozilla staff) so I'll probbly be very slow to respond.
Comment 45•5 years ago
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I got the logs, thank you. They show that your Desktop firefox is syncing passwords correctly, so the problem is almost certainly on the Android side. Given you have about:sync installed on the desktop device, you can probably verify that the passwords shown by that addon are as you expect, which indicates they are correctly on the server.
Unfortunately, Firefox for Android is being replaced with "Fenix", so I don't think this will be addressed on the Android side :( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fenix is the future Firefox for Android which will have password syncing very soon. You could also consider Lockwise (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mozilla.lockbox)
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